Lakerveld Wins the 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event

Daniel Lakerveld

After seven days of scintillating action at the beautiful Portomaso Casino, the 2022 Spring Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event winner has been crowned. The Dutch professional poker player and respected poker coach Daniel Lakerveld triumphed in the crown jewel of the MPF for €71,000.

It took over ten hours for play to conclude when Lakerveld defeated Hungarian Simon György heads-up to outlast 1,014 players, which generated a prize pool of €486,720. Lakerveld and György both held trip fives in the last hand of the night but the Dutchman's ace outkicked György's king.

PokerStars Live Pro Chris Da Silva dominated for the majority of the day but eventually finished third. Day 2 chip leader Pawel Zawadowicz made the final table as a short-stack eventually finishing in sixth place.

2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event Final Table Results

PlaceNameCountryPrize
1Daniel LakerveldNetherlands€71,000
2Simon GyorgyHungary€43,000
3Chris Da SilvaUnited Kingdom€25,000
4Jasper van MoorselNetherlands€18,000
5Georgios NinisGreece€14,000
6Pawel ZawadowiczPoland€11,000
7Stephen KaneUnited Kingdom€9,000
8Nicolay LangfeldtNorway€7,500
9Piotr TuczynskiPoland€6,500

Day 3 Recap

Only18 players returned to action on the final day split over three tables and there was not a long wait before the first bust-outs occurred. Veteran Italian Mario Musacchia was the first to depart when he ran into Simon György's pocket jacks.

Documentary director and poker enthusiast Dominick French finished in 11th place in cruel circumstances as his flopped two pair was beaten by Da Silva's runner-runner flush. French took the beat graciously and jumped into one of the many side events that have been held at the MPF.

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James Clarke finished in 10th place and bubbled the final table. The semi-permanent resident of Nottingham's Dusk Till Dawn tried a stop and go with two pair but ran into trips of Da Silva.

2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event Final Table
2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring Grand Event Final Table

Final Table Action

The final table consisted of a mixture of seasoned pros and recreational players. Da Silva was the chip leader going into the final table with a colossal 13,800,000 chips. The lowest stack was György who spun his stack-up to finish second and record the first live cash of his career.

There were massive hands and coolers throughout the final table play. Da Silva took a minor hit when he attempted to bluff György off a rivered royal flush. Lakerveld managed to crack György's pocket aces by hitting quad nines. and Georgis Ninis was eliminated when György hit a three-outer on the river to make two pair.

But it was Lakerveld who outlasted everyone and wins the Malta Poker Festival trophy, his name etched into the Unibet Deepstacks Championship Belt and €71,000. The next event to be held by MPF at Portomaso Casino will be in the fall of 2022.

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